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Wednesday, March 30, 2016

G.I. Joe Commando Attack (2002)

Ratings

5.71111 out of
10 with
18 ratings

Board Game Rank: Not Ranked

Description

Note that this game is significantly different from the 1985 G.I. Joe Commando Attack game.

This is a simple combat game in which players attempt to capture all six of their opponent's commandos. Players roll a die to determine how many spaces they may move any combination of commandos. If a commando ends their move adjacent to an opposing figure, combat takes place: each player rolls a die, and the higher roll captures the opposing piece. Once per game, captured commandos may be freed by moving onto a compound gate space. There are also resource tiles on the map that can be picked up and later used to temporarily boost your team's abilities.

The real attraction of the game comes into play when a player rolls the "missile launcher" symbol on the die. The player then uses a battery-operated gun to fire one or two foam discs at the board. If a piece is knocked over, it is captured, even it happened to be your own commando.

Designer: Dan Sanfilippo

Publisher: Milton Bradley

Year Published: 2002

Number of Players: 2 - 2

Manufacturer Suggested Ages: 7

Playing Time: 30

Category: Action / Dexterity

Family: Characters: G.I. Joe

Alternate Names: G.I. Joe Commando Attack

Reviews

6 out of 10

By Adidas02

You get to shoot foam discs out of a gun at targets.

By brotherbock

Traded away via Math Trade.

4 out of 10

By cbrua

A straightforward and dull dice-based combat game punctuated with 3 second bursts of joy when you get to blast an opponent's figure with the disc launcher. Pretty cool game to play with young kids.

By demiankatz

1985 edition

By GaryP

A thrift find, I never got around to playing the game before I sold it, but the gun sure was fun for tormenting Karis.

5 out of 10

By Gryfon

had fun with the bro on this one

4.1 out of 10

By jcarvin

This was a great gift for my nephew, whose favorite thing to do when playing games is to knock everything over (he's 5).

By minionhunter

Also have the other version.

By mothertruckin

gave to Nick.

By POvidiusNaso

I had a ton of fun with this game when I was 8 or 9.

By pzmcgwire

Board and characters only

6 out of 10

By saw135

Simple roll and move, the disk launcher is a little dues ex machina for my tastes.

By spudz777

Bought by my in-laws as a gag gift for my wife. She asked Santa for some GI-Joe's for Christmas one year and got a letter explaining that guns are bad. So after we're married for a couple years, her parents buy her this... Hilarious. When the kid's a little older, we'll pull it out and watch his face light up!

6 out of 10

By Steve Werth

Hilarious dude-shooting action. Not really much of a game here, but its great fun revving up the "missle launcher" and shooting disks all over the living room.

5.5 out of 10

By Taavet

Foam disk gun makes this game fun.

6 out of 10

By tagger418

First of all, I have the REAL version from 1984. Not the lame vesion with the disk gun. I LOVE this game. Granted there is some luck involved but no more then any game of RISK. This has a nice lite combination of tactics and strategy. BONUS: YOU CAN ACTUALLY USE REAL GI JOE ACTION FIGURES IN THE GAME.